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From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
- enPR: lŭn'dən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌn.dən/
- (dialectal) enPR: lŭ'nən,IPA(key): /ˈlʌ.nən/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈlʊn.dən/
- Rhymes: -ʌndən
London (countable and uncountable, plural Londons)
- The capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times[1]:
An eccentric city with a live-and-let-live vibe, London is a place where people can be free to be themselves, find the communities to which they belong and write whatever they want. There are, in a sense, many Londons for writers to explore.
- A former administrative county in England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- (figuratively) The government of the United Kingdom.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
- A small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
- A village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati.
- An urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
- Several places in the United States:
- A small city in Pope County, Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
- A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
- An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, with a population of approximately 9,000.
- An unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, with a population of approximately 180.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- A habitational surname for someone from London.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 178:
Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.
- (in the United Kingdom): the Big Smoke, Eine, the Great Wen, Londongrad, Londonistan, Moscow-on-Thames, Rum-ville, the Smoke
- City of London
- East London
- Greater London
- Little London
- London Bridge
- London broil
- London-centric
- London Colney
- London dispersion force
- Londoner
- Londonese
- London Fields
- London fog
- Londongrad
- Londonish
- Londonism
- Londonistan
- Londonize
- London moment
- London paste
- Londonphile
- London plane
- London pride
- London rocket
- Londonshire
- London smoke
- London tuft
- London Underground
- Londonward
- London weighting
- Multicultural London English
- New London
- Tower of London
- Norwegian Bokmål: London
- the City
- Cockney
- Londonshire
- Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[2], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 7.72, page 222.
2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
- “London”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “London”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “London”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “London”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- London in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- London in the Encyclopædia Britannica (12th edition, 1922)
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London n
The city in England, capital of England and the United Kingdom, is invariably named Londen in Dutch. The spelling “London” is used for other cities, such as London, Ontario.
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London ?
- London (the capital of the United Kingdom; capital of England)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)
London n (proper noun, genitive Londons or (optionally with an article) London)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | London | — |
accusative | Londont | — |
dative | Londonnak | — |
instrumental | Londonnal | — |
causal-final | Londonért | — |
translative | Londonná | — |
terminative | Londonig | — |
essive-formal | Londonként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Londonban | — |
superessive | Londonon | — |
adessive | Londonnál | — |
illative | Londonba | — |
sublative | Londonra | — |
allative | Londonhoz | — |
elative | Londonból | — |
delative | Londonról | — |
ablative | Londontól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Londoné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Londonéi | — |
Possessive forms of London | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Londonom | — |
2nd person sing. | Londonod | — |
3rd person sing. | Londonja | — |
1st person plural | Londonunk | — |
2nd person plural | Londonotok | — |
3rd person plural | Londonjuk | — |
From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium - see for details.
London
- London (the capital city of England)
- “Lǒndon, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
From English London, from Middle English London (“London”), from Old English Lunden (“London”), a borrowing from Latin Londinium (“London”), likely from Proto-Celtic *Londinjon (“place that floods”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to sink; subdue”) - see the Latin entry for details.
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England) with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- London ligger på begge sider av elven Themsen i Sørøst-England.
- London is located on both sides of the River Thames in the South East of England.
- London ligger på begge sider av elven Themsen i Sørøst-England.
- London (a former administrative county in England), created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- (figuratively) The government of the United Kingdom.
- London (a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada), with a population of approximately 300,000.
- London (a small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France).
- London (a village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati).
- London (an urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia).
- Several places in the United States:
- London (a small city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States), with a population of approximately 900.
- London (a census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States).
- London (an unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, United States).
- London (a city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, United States), with a population of approximately 8,000.
- London (an unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States).
- London (a city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States), with a population of approximately 9,000.
- London (a small city in California, United States), with a population of approximately 1,800.
- London (an unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, United States), with a population of approximately 180.
- London (an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States).
- London (an unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States).
- “London” in Store norske leksikon
- “London (Canada)” in Store norske leksikon
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London
Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London n (genitive Londons)
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)
London
- London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)